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Informist, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

--IMD: India Oct 15 rainfall 1.1 mm, 49% below normal

--IMD: India Oct 1-15 rainfall 58.4 mm, 27% above normal

MUMBAI – India received 1.1 millimetres of rainfall on Wednesday, 49% below the normal of 2.2 millimetres, according to the India Meteorological Department. Since Oct. 1, the country has received 58.4 millimetres of rainfall, 27% above normal for the period, data from the weather bureau showed.

Of the four homogeneous regions in the country, three received below-normal rainfall, while only one recorded above-normal showers on Wednesday. South India recorded 5 millimetres of rainfall, 18% above the normal of 4.2 millimetres. Parts of the region are recording heavy rainfall due to the presence of easterly and northeasterly winds, which favour the onset of the northeast monsoon in the next 24 hours.

Rainfall in northwest India was 99% below normal, with none of the nine subdivisions recording any showers, the data showed. East and northeast India received 98% below normal rainfall at 0.1 millimetres. Rainfall in central India was 76% below normal at 0.4 millimetres.

Of the 36 subdivisions, 18 did not record any showers, while rainfall was "large excess" in two, "excess" in two, "normal" in two, "deficient" in two, and "large deficient" in 10.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Avishek Dutta

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